Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Andrew R. A. Conway, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers by presenting an award to those who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for J. Intell.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
All the reviewers for J. Intell. in 2023 will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

What will the winners receive?
There will be two winners this year who will receive the following:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2024 after peer review in J. Intell.;
– A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?
The winners will be announced in March 2024 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?
If you have not yet reviewed papers for J. Intell. but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
J. Intell. Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

The journal J. Intell. is inviting applications for the 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential. The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Andrew R.A. Conway.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.

Required Application Documents:
– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
– A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
– The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
– An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
– A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Selection Criteria:
– Quality of resume and publications;
– Relevance of the candidate and research description;
– Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
– Strength of the recommendation letter;
– Anticipated academic potential;
– Originality and impact of the research.

Prizes:
– Bonus (CHF 800);
– Certificate;
– Offer to publish one paper free of charge in J. Intell. after peer review before the end of 2024.

The application deadline is 31 October 2023. The winner will be announced on the J. Intell. website by the end of December 2023.

Kind regards,
J. Intell. Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “J. Intell. 2022 Best Paper Award” which will be granted to one paper published in J. Intell. in 2022. The paper will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Andrew R. A. Conway.

Eligibility for the award:
– Papers published in J. Intell. in 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Prizes:
– The winner will get CHF 500 and a chance to publish a free paper in J. Intell. in 2024;
– a certificate.

The winner will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.

Kind regards,
J. Intell. Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Journal of Intelligence 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The J. Intell. Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to J. Intell. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Florian Schmitz
Department of Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Research Interests: individual differences in interference and cognitive conflicts working memory; intelligence; control functions impulsivity and inhibition cognitive mechanisms in bias/interference paradigms and implicit measures.

The Prize:
– CHF 300;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2023 in J. Intell.;
– A certificate.

Kind regards,
J. Intell. Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Journal of Intelligence 2022 Young Investigator Award are Dr. Alicia Forsberg and Dr. Jacqueline Caemmerer.

Dr. Alicia Forsberg completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Missouri, USA. She is currently a lecturer of the Department of Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK. Dr. Forsberg is interested in the development of cognition across the human lifespan, including both child development and cognitive aging. Recently, she has been exploring the relationship between working and long-term memory and the development of object and feature memory. Her research also examines lifespan differences in metacognition and how people approach cognitive tasks.

Dr. Jacqueline Caemmerer completed her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is currently an Assistant Professor of the Department of Educational Psychology’s School Psychology Program at University of Connecticut, USA. Dr. Caemmerer has broad interests in assessment and researches what tests measure and other validity issues. She studies the structure of intelligence, the influence of cognitive abilities on academic achievement, and developmental considerations of tests among youth. She also examines the influence of social variables on youth’s academic achievement and is interested in statistical modeling.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Alicia Forsberg and Dr. Jacqueline Caemmerer for their outstanding achievements. As the awardees, Dr. Alicia Forsberg and Dr. Jacqueline Caemmerer will each receive an honorarium of CHF 500, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of December 2023 in J. Intell. after peer review, and an electronic certificate.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Prof. Dr. Andrew R. A. Conway
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Intelligence

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Intelligence, I am pleased to announce the winners of the J. Intell. 2022 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Dr. Tommaso Feraco, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy; and Ms. Eleni Kazali, a Ph.D. student in the Hellenic Open University, Greece.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Andrew R. A. Conway
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Intelligence

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the J. Intell. 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Journal of Intelligence Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers to checking the manuscripts submitted to the journal. It is due to their efforts that the high quality and quick turnaround of the journal are maintained.

Dr. André Kretzschmar

Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Binzmuehlestrasse 14/7, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland

Research Interests: psychological and educational measurement; cognitive abilities (intelligence, problem solving, and working memory); personality and personality structure; learning and individual differences; educational achievements; psychometrics

As the awardee, Dr. André Kretzschmar will receive an honorarium of 300 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge by 31 December 2022 in Journal of Intelligence after peer review, and an electronic certificate.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Andrew R. A. Conway
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Intelligence

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the J.Intell. 2021 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Okan Bulut.

Dr. Okan Bulut is an associate professor of measurement, evaluation and data Science, and is a member of the Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation at the University of Alberta. He conducts research in the areas of psycho-educational assessments, educational data mining, and digital assessments.
As the winner of this award, Dr. Okan Bulut will receive an honorarium of CHF 1000, and the option to publish a paper, free of charge, in the Journal of Intelligence after peer review in 2022.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation, as well as all the award committee members for their evaluation of the numerous excellent nominations.

Kind regards,
J.Intell. 2021 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the J. Intell. 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The J. Intell Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to J. Intell. It is due to their efforts that the  high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Boris Forthmann

Institute of Psychology in Education, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.

Boris Forthmann is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Münster (Germany) who studies creative thinking and its assessment, issues related to psychoeducational formative assessment, and general questions related to cognitive abilities and applied psychometrics. His main focus of research is creative productivity and its measurement.

Kind Regards.
Prof. Dr. Paul De Boeck
Editor-in-Chief, J. Intell.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2020 Journal of Intelligence Young Investigator Award is Dr. William David Hill, based on a selection by the Awards Committee with the associate editors as its members.

Dr. Hill works as a statistical geneticist at the University of Edinburgh as a member of the Lothian Birth Cohorts research group.

The awardee will receive an honorarium of 1000 CHF and a certificate. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Hill on receiving this award for his outstanding achievements.

We would also like to thank all the applicants for their participation. We were very pleased with the high quality of their applications.

Best wishes,
Prof. Dr. Paul De Boeck,
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Intelligence

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Journal of Intelligence Travel Award.

The awards are granted to the following two winners from the 2019 International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) and from Journal of Intelligence applications respectively.

Joost Kruis, a PhD student at University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Eduardo Garcia-Garzon, a PhD student at Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.

Both of them will present their work at the 2019 International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) which will be held in Santiago (Chile) on 14–19 July 2019, and submit a paper to Journal of Intelligence. The award consists of 1000 Swiss Francs.

I would like to thank all candidates for their excellent applications and the IMPS committee for organizing the applications of the travel award. Congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Paul De Boeck
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Journal of Intelligence Outstanding Reviewer Award:

Dr. Birgitta Dresp-Langley
ICube UMR 7357, University of Strasbourg, France

Dr. André Kretzschmar
University of Tübingen, Germany

Dr. Patrick C. Kyllonen
Educational Testing Service, USA

The award grants each winner 300 Swiss Francs and a certificate.

The winners were selected based on the quantity and quality of their reviews. We would like to further acknowledge all the other reviewers who have generously dedicated their time and effort to reviewing manuscripts for Journal of Intelligence.

Congratulations to all of them on their excellent reviews and well-earned awards!

Journal of Intelligence Editorial Office
St. Alban-Anlage 66
CH-4052, Basel, Switzerland
jintelligence@mdpi.com
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jintelligence/

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Journal of Intelligence Best Paper Award which is for the junior first authors (obtain PhD degrees after October 2018).

This award is granted to Gidon T. Frischkorn, from Institute of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Hauptstrasse 47-51, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, for the paper “Cognitive Models in Intelligence Research: Advantages and Recommendations for Their Application” (https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/6/3/34).

The award consists of 1000 Swiss Francs and a certificate.

Thank all candidates for their excellent contributions and congratulate the winner Gidon T. Frischkorn.

Prof. Dr. Andrea Hildebrandt
Associate Editor

Award Evaluation Committee

Prof. Dr. Andrea Hildebrandt (Chair), Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Prof. Dr. Roberto Colom, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Prof. Dr. Andrew R. A. Conway, Claremont Graduate University
Prof. Dr. Julie Aitken Schermer, The University of Western Ontario

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Journal of Intelligence Travel Award.

This award is granted to Delia Fuhrmann, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Rogier Kievit’s group at MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK.

Dr. Fuhrmann focuses on research of the neurocognitive architecture of f luid intelligence. She is planning to present her work at Flux Congres s conference which will be held in Berlin, Germany on 30 August–1 September 2018. The award consists of 800 Swiss Francs.

I would like to thank all candidates for their excellent applications and congratulate the winner Delia Fuhrmann for her award.

Prof. Dr. Paul De Boeck
Editor-in-Chief